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IPM Elements for Honey Bees in the Mid-Atlantic States
The purpose of this document is to consolidate current integrated approaches to honey
bee pest management in the mid-Atlantic region. The goals are: 1) to form a general
working definition of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) for honey bee management,
and 2) to develop a system of assessing how well apiarists adopt IPM guidelines, and if
their operations have implemented enough core practices to qualify them as "IPM
Practitioners" under these guidelines.
Beekeepers should use this document and its sub-headings as a checklist of possible
IPM practices. Apiarists should count only the activities they perform in their honey
bee pest management practices and aim to be compliant with 80% of the activities listed
below.
This document is intended to help beekeepers identify areas in their operations that
possess strong IPM qualities and also point out areas for improvement. Beekeepers
should attempt to incorporate the majority of these specific techniques into their usual
production and maintenance practices, especially in areas where they fall short of the
80% goal.
Revised: October 2009

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IPM Elements for Honey Bees in the Mid-Atlantic States
The purpose of this document is to consolidate current integrated approaches to honey
bee pest management in the mid-Atlantic region. The goals are: 1) to form a general
working definition of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) for honey bee management,
and 2) to develop a system of assessing how well apiarists adopt IPM guidelines, and if
their operations have implemented enough core practices to qualify them as "IPM
Practitioners" under these guidelines.
Beekeepers should use this document and its sub-headings as a checklist of possible
IPM practices. Apiarists should count only the activities they perform in their honey
bee pest management practices and aim to be compliant with 80% of the activities listed
below.
This document is intended to help beekeepers identify areas in their operations that
possess strong IPM qualities and also point out areas for improvement. Beekeepers
should attempt to incorporate the majority of these specific techniques into their usual
production and maintenance practices, especially in areas where they fall short of the
80% goal.
Revised: October 2009